Comb-cleaning brush



Y l.. v. LuclA cous CLEANING nusa Filed Jan. s. 1922 Patented Jan. `12, 1926.

VL.`v UNITEDfsTATI-is' LoUIs v. LUCIA, or HARTFORD, CCNNECTICUnQAssrGNoR 'ro THE FULLERBRUSH CoMPANxL-or' HARTFORD, CONNECTICUT, A CCaronA'rIoN or CoivNECcLrCUT.V

Colvin-CLEANING rauen'.

Application i'lled January Tora/ZZ 107mm t may concern."

Be it known that I, Louis V. LUCIA, a citizen ofthe United States, and a resident of. Hartford, in the county of Hartford and State of Connecticut, have invented a new ,and Improved Comb-Cleaning Brush, of which the following is a specification.k

My invention relates to vbrushesfparticularly" applicable for the cleaning lof combs, n and. an object of my I invention, among others, is to providea brush with the use of which a comb employed for toilet and other usesv may be cleaned in a particularlyrapid and eflicient manner. Y

One form. of myimprovedbrush, and in the-construction and use of which the objects lherein set out, as well as others, may be attained, is illustrated in the accompanyingrdrawings, in whichc v Figure 1 is a side view of my improved brush.

Figure 2 is an end view of the same.

Figure 3 isa view looking toward the edge of thehandle of my improved brush.

Figure 4 is a fragmentary view illustrating the'manner of mounting the brush.

Figure 5 is a View in section on plane denoted bythe dotted line 5-5 of Figure 4. Figure 6 -is a view in section' simply through the brush and through acomb on a plane cutting across the teeth of the latter, and showing the operation of the brush in removing the dirt from such teeth (scale enlarged).

Figure? is aperspective view of a comb and of my improved brush illustrating the manner of use of said brush. v

Figure 8 is a fragmentary view of a comb v and of my improved brush illustrating one manner of use of the brush.

The teeth of a comb used for combing purposes readily collect dirt and other impurities from the skin and scalp and this is particularly true of combs used for combing human hair, as the oil and other moisture from the scalp causes the dirt to cake and become quite hard on the sides of the comb teeth, and to a degree to require con-` siderable effort and force to remove it. By the use of my improved cleaning brush in the manner herein set out one is enabled to thoroughly clean a comb in a particularly rapid and efficient manner, such cleaning brush embodying my invention including a' handle 10 having a head 11 that 3,1922. Serial No. 526,690.

is formed with two brushv supporting arms 12-*13 extending preferably in substantial- -ly parallelV relation from one edgeof the head-and being provided with zmeans for .rotatably .supporting a brush 14:.A The Ihandle andhead'are formed from a single piece of material, preferably Celluloid, that is comparatively thin, the handle, head and arms all being of the same thickness, in the preferred construction feach of said supporting arms having a recess 15 formed in its' end and on that edge facing the edge of the otherarm. l f l The brush 111 may be of anyA desired construction'but in 4any event `having trunnions 16, projecting from opposite ends thereof, which trunnions'arc located inthe recesses vouter ends, and at the endsnof. the brush supporting arms to retain the trunnions of the brush in place. In vthe preferred manner of closing the recesses strips 17 are folded over the ends of the arms and across the recesses and are extendedl a short distance along the sides of the arms, to which 15, and which recesses areclosed atv their" they are-secured. In a particularly satis- 'factory construction of brush the handle 10, head 11, and arms 12 and 13, as hereinbeforementioned, are formed of Celluloid, and the. stripsl(- are likewisecomposed of Celluloid, said strips being securedv to the arms by adhesion. The brush or brush head isopreferablyy of the so called twisted-wire type in which the bristles 18 are secured in a twisted wire core 19and extend' radially vtherefrom to form said head, the yends of said core being extended beyond the brush to form the trunnions 16.

In the use of the brush to clean the teeth of a comb, the latter is held in one hand and the brush is held in the other hand, with the head and handle of the brush eX- tending in the same general direction as the teeth of the comb, and as illustrated in Fig-vv ure 7 of the drawing, and the brush being then moved rapidly to-and-fro along the comb towards its ends the accumulated dirt on the inner sides of the teeth will be found to be quickly removed, the manner in which the dirt is displaced and removed being graphically illustrated in Figure 6 of the drawing, in which operation, as the brush is moved to-and-fro along the teeth, such brush is rotated in the arms 12' and 13 and the ends of the' brushv bristles first encountering, the sides ot the combi4 teethl at the points a push and crowd the dirt downwardly, it being observed that thisl is a rootingl action whereby the. dirt is plowed.

andraised from the surface of the teeth` as distinguished from a brushing action. The bristles, as the brush is moved inr one'` direction', enter the spaces between the successive teeth of the brush, and as' such. bristles are -forced downwardly the dirt is plowed and pried away' from" the surface' of the teeth andi. is crowded down tliirou'glr the spaces between the teeth and asthe= bristles pass upwardly out of the yspaces@ betweenV the comb teeth', as they are caused to do' by the rotation ci'. the brush, a' sweeping' action takes place on thel opposite' sides of the teeth from those from' which the' dirt has just been reino-ved'. As tlic'brush is moved in the opposite direction it is rotated in a reverse direction' to that jfust abovedescribed and the actionof the bristles just set out is repeated on the opposite sides of the coniblteeth from Vtlrcsef from which the dirt has just been. re-

"l .the comb base aft the root of. the teeth the brush may be inclined, as indicated in Fig- Yirre 8 or the' drawings, and. this position of th-'ebruslr will e-Eectually clean the entire space betwe'n. the comb teeth.

The handle il() and head 11 are preferably so constructed as to be more or less resilient or flexible so that the arms or branches 12e-113- may be relatively sprung or abnormally positioned to= permit insertion and removal of the brushes, the head being flexed suiliciently for this purpose. The bristles 18=will be ot such length as to pass entirely through the teeth of a comb and for a considerable. distance beyond the.v opposite. edges of 'sai-d teeth,- so that. the accumulation on the sides of such teeth will be eectually plowed and pried olf.

In accordance with the provisions of the patent statutes l. have described the principles of operation of my invention, together with the devicel which I now consider to represent the best embodiment thereof; but l desire to have it understood. that the devicez shown is only illustrative andi. that the invention iii-ay he carried. out-by other' means and applied to uses` other tha-*ni those above set out'.

E claim*- 1. A comb cleaning brush comprising' a `l1andle andl a head' supported thereby,

branches extending' from said head and'. having recesses vin their' outer ends, bands eX- tending around the ends of thebranches to vclose the recesses at said ends,l said bands being" secured to the side oli the branches,

and a brush comprising radially arranged bristles, said brush being mounted' to' rotate 'freely in said head to mesh said bristles with the teeth of a comb as the brush is passed to-aiidi-'fro' on said teeth.

2.`A comb cleaning brush comprising a handle and' a head formed of a single piece of comparatively' thin material, arms extending' from said head and having recesses in their outer ends, bands' composed of the same material. as the head passe-d around the ends of said arms to close said recesses at said ends, said bands being secured by adhesion toi the sides of the arms, and a brush comprising' radially arranged bristles, said brush. being' mounted to rotate freely said head to mesh said bristles with the teeth of a comb as the brush is passed to-and-i'ro on said teeth. I

LOUIS V. LUCIA. 

